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- β74Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessedness[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who give themselves over into danger by their courage.
- β75Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessednessi.e. into Hades. For Macaria [was the daughter] of Heracles; when Eurystheus brought an army against Athens she donated herself as a sacrifice for the salvation of the rest. This same thing they also …
- μ51Μακαρίαblessedness, Makaria… a daughter of Hades. And [there is] a proverb: "be gone into blessedness", meaning into misery and utter destruction. Or "begone into blessedness" [is said] by euphemism. Since even the dead are called blessed …
- α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grape… Also: 'When a man is faring badly, his friends are gone' in reference to those who find no assistance in misfortune from their friends.
- χ444Χωρὶς ἱππεῖςcavalry away!… the cavalry were away; and on learning that they had gone Miltiades charged and so won a victory. Hence the proverb is said in reference to those breaking ranks.
- αι299Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦto lift one's foot out of the mud… me something to drink [...] but the barbarian woman has gone and taken the wine away from us along with the table."
- α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free… lapse into childishness; it [applies] especially to children who have gone to play. Look under "to strike against".
- χ586Χρυσοχοεῖονgoldsmithy… them; but once they had returned without accomplishing anything, and gone to a lot of trouble for no purpose they began to taunt each other, saying "you thought you would be smelting gold", that …
- δ95ΔαυίδDavid… the foreigners were encamped against Saul, and after he had gone out to the ventriloquist and had received her oracle, he eagerly went to war battle and was struck in the abdomen and died. …
- α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… Psalm 41:8 LXX, "all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me" (KJV). [9] From Theodoret's commentary (PG 80.1173) on Psalm 41:8 LXX.
- δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia[1] cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 475D, where it is mentioned. Though Dionysiac festivals were widespread throughout the Greek world, the most renowned was the "City" Dionysia in Athens, important because of the …